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Mm. In Zelda's case, we could not act for seven years - what possible alternative did she have? Remain with her people, but be hunted like a fugitive for her entire adolescent years?
[There... may be a bit of guilt gnawing at the pit of his stomach. No, she hadn't spent her adolescent years being a fugitive - she spent them under the nose of the enemy, witnessing the crimes he had committed to protect her.]